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{{Quote|Have that defective artoo unit destroyed!|Darth Vader|Perfect Evil}}<br />
This '''defective R2 unit''' was an [[Astromech droid/Legends|astromech droid]] in service with the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
This [[R2-series astromech droid]] was present on the ''[[Executor/Legends|Executor]]'' a short time before the [[Battle of Hoth/Legends|Battle of Hoth]]. Unknown to [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]], this droid was actually a [[Spy/Legends|spy]] for [[Emperor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]]. When Palpatine discovered one of Vader's secret apprentices, [[Tao (Jedi)|Tao]], he attempted to transmit a message to Vader through the droid's [[Holoprojector/Legends|holoprojector]].<br />
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The droid initially began to malfunction, and it crashed into Vader as he was standing on the [[Bridge (starship)/Legends|bridge]]. Vader ordered one of [[Scarfaced Imperial officer|his officers]] to dispose of the droid, but before the Imperial could obey, Palpatine's voice and image emanated from the droid. Vader was shocked by Palpatine's appearance, especially when Palpatine revealed that he knew about Tao. Two [[Emperor's Royal Guard/Legends|Royal Guardsmen]] presented Tao before Vader, and Palpatine's image ordered his apprentice to dispose of the boy. Vader obeyed, and Palpatine, satisfied, turned off the hologram. The R2 unit, puzzled over being taken over, returned to its duties.<br />
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==Behind the scenes==<br />
This unidentified droid only appears in the story ''[[Perfect Evil]]'', which spanned [[Star Wars comic books|issues]] [[Star Wars Manga: Black|Black]] and [[Star Wars Manga: Silver|Silver]] of [[Tokyopop's Star Wars Manga|''Star Wars Manga'']]. Originally published in Japan, those stories were considered to be of "fuzzy" continuity by Lucasfilm.<ref>[http://forums.starwars.com/thread.jspa?threadID=152583&start=980 Holocron continuity database questions] on the [[StarWars.com Message Boards]] {{C|Posted by [[Leland Chee]], 11/6/06, 06:03 PM}}</ref> Since then, they have been republished in English in the United Kingdom under [[Infinities]] label, which established the material in them as non-[[canon]]ical. The planet [[Shumari]] has been later referenced in ''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', which included the [[Shumari system]] in its appendix. However, according to [[Jason Fry]], "its inclusion shouldn't be taken as a statement of canonicity for anything except the geography."<ref name="JCF">{{JCFcite|postnum=29648348|board=Literature|thread=The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion|user=jasonfry|PTtime=1/4/09 7:52am|accessdate=2013-02-16}}</ref><br />
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==Appearances==<br />
*''[[Perfect Evil]]''<br />
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==Notes and references==<br />
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[[Category:R2-series astromech droids]]<br />
[[Category:Unidentified astromech droids]]</div>Drl-admin